Leading off today’s program here at the World Agricultural Forum is the Chairman, the Rt. Honorable James Bolger, ONZ. He moderated the opening discussion which included presentations with Robert White, Chairman and CEO, Deere & Co. and His Excellency, Hon. Dr. Rajashekara Reddy, Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh, India.

I spoke to Mr. Bolger after their session to get a sense of what it is he hopes will be accomplished here at the Forum. He says that he hopes to energize people to think differently and realize that we’re in a global economy and decisions that individual countries make have an impact on everyone. He points to work in his country of New Zealand to reduce methane emissions from grazing livestock as an example of the type of work that needs to be done.

You can listen to my interview with James Bolger here: world-ag-forum-07-bolger.mp3